Since Kent Marshall was a boy, he has been dismantling, fixing and rebuilding all kinds of electrical equipment - even the family oven - all without electrocuting himself.
If you thought naming your beloved pooch or feline Luna was innovative think again - as it's the most popular pet name in NZ for the sixth year in a row.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has withdrawn his latest children's book from sale after criticism it stereotyped members of Australia's Indigenous community.
A Dunedin man told police to "get stuffed" and locked himself inside his car before fleeing at speed after officers told him he was a disqualified driver.
Activists say they have no interest in meeting the Treaty Principles bill's backer, ACT party leader David Seymour, saying they are not at his "beck and call".
At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday, including two dozen when a residential building in the northern town of Jabalia was hit
Farmers and rural families are furious over the government's review and cancellation of school bus routes, fearing small towns will be abandoned and students will stop attending class.